Lily Bee Design

Focus On: Summer Solstice

Happy Monday, everyone!  Cindy and I are here to start your week off right with lots of inspiration based on this week's theme, "Summer Solstice".  We decided to focus on our favorite summer activities and traditions. 

 

First up is Cindy with her amazing layout documenting her family's favorite summer tradition...

 

Cindy says, "Spending time at the beach, running through the sprinkler in the backyard, and just plain grilling are just a few of my favorite summertime memories.  Though, celebrating the Fourth of July with my family is probably the most favorite and setting off fireworks is probably been our family tradition since the beginning.  We spend several hours outside counting down the clock and awaiting the sunset so we can begin our fun.  I get a kick out of my kids excitement as they watch the fireworks explode.  Their reaction is comical, nervous, and full of joy.  Sadness always weighs in once all the fireworks are done, but then we get to sit on our front porch and watch the professionals shoot off fireworks into the sky in our neighborhood.  A perfect ending to a wonderful summer day celebrating our freedom." 

 

Supplies Used:  Destination (Postcard, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Letter Stickers), Pinwheel (Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Embellishment Bundle), Sweet Shoppe (Embellishment Bundle, Chit Chat Stickers), Persnickety (Finicky & Clear Stamps), Christmas Cheer (Index Journaling Card), Memorandum (Index Journaling Card)

My family and I have so many favorite summertime activities that it was hard for me to choose just one, so I decided to include multiple photos of different summer activities that we enjoy...

I knew that I wanted a bold background, so I decided to use my Silhouette and cut out a large sunburst. I backed each ray with different pieces of patterned paper from the Pinwheel and Sweet Shoppe Collections.  I included photos of us enjoying random summer activities such as playing on the beach, hanging out with friends at the park, and just being outside on a warm, sunny day.  

 

Supplies Used:  Sweet Shoppe (JuJu Bee, Candy Stick, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers), PInwheel (Sprinklers, Flip-Flops, Flower Box, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Letter Stickers)

What some are your favorite summer traditions and activities?  Be sure to check back here throughout the rest of the week for even more summertime inspiration from our talented design team!  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! 

 

Inspired by PageMaps Day 2

Good morning Lily Bee fans! We are sharing more layouts inspired by PageMaps sketches. Becky's sketches are a great starting point to get your creative mojo flowing. Let's see how they inspired our design team.

Becky Williams

Supplies: Pinwheel (Kite Strings, Picnic Basket), Domestic Bliss (Stickers), Persnickety (Snooty, Ritzy), Sweet Shoppe (Marshmellow, Chipboard Stickers, Letter Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Circle & Tag Stickers), Handmade (Index Journaling Cards), Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet). 

Cindy Liebel

Supplies: Destination: (Tickets, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Letter Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers & 6x6 Tiny Tablet), Pinwheel: (6x6 Tiny Tablet & Circle & Tag Stickers), Sweet Shoppe (6x6 Tiny Tablet & Chit Chat Stickers) & Happily Lost (Amazing Views)

Nicole Nowosad

Supplies: Pinwheel- Flip Flops, Lemonade Stand, Jump Rope, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Letter Stickers; Sweet Shoppe – Cotton Candy, Marshmellow, Pink Mint, Chipboard Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Label Stickers, Letter Stickers; Destination – Luggage, 6x6 Tiny Tablet; Persnickety- Mixed Cardstock Stickers, Index Journal Cards

Lisa Dickinson

Lily Bee Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (Licorice Whip, Gumball, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle); Pinwheel (Letter Stickers, Embellishment Bundle); Memorandum (Journal Index Card)

 

I hope these layouts have inspired inspire you to check out Becky's new June sketches AND play along with the June PageMaps sketch challenge. Details can be found on the PageMaps blog.

Come back tomorrow for more new layouts from our design team using Becky's June PageMaps sketches.

 

Focus on Monday| Moms and Mommihood ♥ Plus NSD Winners

 

Hello and welcome to a brand new week here at Lily Bee. This week we are focusing on moms, whether it be our mom, being a mom or anything else related to that. We are grateful for all of the women who have had an influence for good in our lives- moms, aunts, grandmothers, sisters, teachers, friends and on and on. We hope you'll be inspired this week as we celebrate these wonderful women and the blessing of being a mom. 

To start off today we have a fantastic page from Diana Fisher. 

She shares, "As a mom, there is nothing better than watching your child love and succeed in something they are passionate about. It makes you feel like you've done your job in raising them to be at their best at all times. I love watching my son play baseball. You can see the intensity on his face and he is so excited to play or practice. I love watching him get better with each game, and knowing that I have a part in raising him to be amazing makes me very proud."

Supplies: Pinwheel (Flower box, Sprinklers, Cart wheels, Chipboard stickers, Circle & Tag stickers, Chit chat stickers, Brad, Badge, Button & Baker's Bundle, Letter Stickers, Label Stickers.

I really like how Diana used a variety of embellishments on her page yet still managed to keep it nice and clean. Here are some more cute details using the new Chit Chat and label stickers: 

I really like how Diana added her title stickers right on top of her photo. I tend to be hesitant to do so just in case for some reason I might change my mind. Diana has inspired me to try it, though! I really like the effect on her layout.

For those who might not know this about me, I have four daughters. I was raised in a family with six girls, me being the second oldest. We don't have even one brother, and out of all of our kids there is one single boy. We seriously considered throwing a parade in my sister's honor for having the first boy. My husband likes to tease me that the genes in our family are too strong and overpower the ability to have boys! Ha ha! I think it's kind of funny. 

Anyway, for our Focus on Moms feature I wanted to create a layout about my four sweet girls:

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (Marshmellow, 6x6 Tiny Tablet), Persnickety (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Index Journaling Cards), Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet), Pinwheel (Letter Stickers, Label Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers).

I have learned so much from these girls and am so proud to be their mom. I think that they teach me far more than I do for them. What a wonderful blessing they are to me. 

I really like the new alphabet stickers and think it's fun to mix up the colors and sizes on my projects. Here I've mixed up the stickers with some diecuts made with my Cameo. 

The heart bokeh paper from the Sweet Shoppe is one of my favorites from the new releases. It was the perfect backdrop for this page. I mixed in some Persnickety and bits and pieces of Destination and Pinwheel as well. I really like that you can mix the collections together. 

Make sure to come back every day this week for even more inspiration celebrating Moms. 

Before we go, we had a ton of fun with you on National Scrapbook Day. Thanks so much for spending part of your day tagging your Instagram friends and answering questions on Facebook! We have a few rnadomly drawn winners! If your name is listed below, please send an email with NSD Winner in the subject line to heather@lilybeedesign.com.

• Facebook Winner (Pinwheel Collection Kit) - Izzy B. Anderson said, "I love NSD. I made a nice big mess and a few pretty projects."
• Instagram Winners (Destination Collection Kits) - two winners: justjingle who tagged mprantner

Congrats to all the winners. Thanks for visiting Lily Bee today. 

Outside your window | Challenge

Good morning Lily Bee fans!! Becky Williams and I are here today to share with you a little challenge. This week on the Lily Bee blog, we are exploring what is outside the window! 

We were challenged to scrap 4 photos about "things" out our window - and no PEOPLE !

For a lot of people, the spring weather has not been co-operating.... Becky shares this pretty page today:

Supplies: Pinwheel (Sprinklers, Flower Box, Flip Flops, Picnic Basket, Cartwheels, Cherry Blossom, Chit Chat Stickers, Embellishment Bundle), Destination (Port, Bon Voyage, Souvenir), Christmas Cheer (Index Journaling Cards), Persnickety (Index Journaling Cards, 6x6 Tiny Tablet). 

Becky shares this with us:

We'd been enjoying kind of a crazy Spring so far but loved the warmer weather until it decided to snow! Yep, snow in Texas in April. I'd just taken pictures of the flowers in our yard, signs of Spring, and then we got the snow- thankfully the flowers survived. I mostly take pictures of my family so this challenge was a nice change of pace for me and helped me to take a closer look at the beautiful things around me, even in the snow. 

I love how Becky has layered stickers and her fussy cut paper pieces!

Take a look at those pretty butterflies too! Makes me hopeful for spring for sure!

Well, up here in Canada, the weather is bad. In fact, as I type this, there is snow falling again. Truth be told, the only thing you would see out my window today is snow! So, I pulled out some photos from last summer for this challenge:

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (Patterned Paper - Lemon Drop, 6x6 paper pad), Pinwheel (Patterned Paper - Kite Strings, 6x6 Paper Pad, Chipboard Stickers), Autumn Spice (Clear Stamps), Persnickety (Journal Cards)

Although I scrapped about summer, I used a lot of fun, spring color from both the Pinwheel and Sweet Shoppe collections. The Lemon Drop paper is perfect for large sunbeams, which I detailed with some gold metallic thread:

The Pinwheel collection has a lot of great colors in it for spring - and those hexagon piechart shapes are perfect!

You can see that the chipboard embellishments add just the right amount of texture to your page ! I love the florals in the Pinwheel collection.

How will you interpret this challenge???? Do you have some ideas flowing already? Well, share them with us and We'll pick one winner from all our challenge entries this month to win a Lily Bee prize package.

Here's a few things to keep in mind:
- Your layout must use at 60% Lily Bee products.
- Post your layout to our Facebook Page or Flickr Gallery to be eligible for monthly challenge prize. 
- Title your post "4/16 Challenge" so we can find it easily and then leave a comment on this blog post letting us know you've entered.
- Deadline is April 30, 2013, Midnight CST
- One winner from all the challenges will be announced in next month's Kristen's News feature. 

The more you play, the better your chances of winning!

Focus On | Outside Your Window

Happy Monday Lily Bee friends! Summer here with this weeks focus on subject: Outside Your Window. Today my fellow design team member Patricia will be joining me as we explore the world outside our window.

I am a bit of a literal scrapbooker and I found I was originally stumped by this challenge. My first thought was outside my window is my AC unit. I decided to let the idea simmer. When I looked again at what was really outside my window I grabbed my camera and took a great shot of one lone blooming azeala in my backyard. This was the layout I was inspired to create.

Lily Bee Suplies Used: Destination (Patterned Paper-Bon Voyage), Pinwheel (Patterned Paper-Jump Rope, Flower Box and Lemonade Stand, Chipboad Stickers & Chit Chat Stickers) and Stationary (Patterned Paper-Grape)

Patricia decided to use a photo she took out her car window. Once she decided on her photo, a flood of thoughts and memories came to mind. She used the label stickers to type out all her random memories and thoughts she had when looking out onto the lake crossing the bridge. She clustered the memories in one section, and then another of the current day happenings, thoughts, and hopes in another section. She pop dotted some of the labels, and added a star-burst and clouds to layer under the photo. The photo was taken at about 4:30-5 a.m. and the sun was just starting to come up over the lake.

 

Sweet Shoppe (Salt Water Taffy Paper, Candy Stick Paper, Label Stickers), Pinwheel (Ice Cream Truck Paper, Picnic Basket Paper, Chipboard

Stickers, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers), Destination (Port Paper, Label Stickers), Double Dutch (Index Journal Cards)

 

 

 

 

Thanks for joining us today. We hope you are inspired to take a new look at your world outside your window. Make sure you join us this week to see how the rest of the Lily Bee design team members intrept our theme this week. 

 

 

Negative Space | Sketch Challenge

Hello, Everyone!  Leslie and I are here today with another sketch challenge for you using our theme for the week, Negative Space.

The sketch is bold, but can be interpreted so many ways.  Instead of triangles, use hearts or circles or another shape.  Repeating patterns are always a great element to add to your design.

I absolutely love how Leslie changed the triangle shape and then brought it all the way around to point to her photo.  This is what Leslie has to say about her gorgeous project, "I focused on the arrows from the sketch and used them as my “base” pointing to my photo. I hand cut them and only added adhesive in the middle so they can stand up a little.  I finished it off by adding my title and lots of fun embellishments that represent my favorite go to shoes right now."

Pinwheel (Flip Flops Paper), Sweet Shoppe (Chipboard Stickers), Destination (Tickets Paper, Port Paper, Label Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Chit Chat Stickers, Chipboard Stickers), Christmas Cheer (ABC stickers), Persnickity (Index Journaling Cards, Mixed Stickers)

I decided to stay with the triangles, but made them smaller.  Using the sketch as inspiration, helped me make the rest of the layout fall into place adding my own touches.

I turned the cut pattern paper over to mask the area where I wanted to add some stamping.  I was going to use the same pattern paper to pop dot over the negative space, but decided on the Port pattern paper for more color.

Using my Silhouette, I cut out a card with a leaf pattern to tuck behind the picture.
The Flip Flop pattern paper inspired me to mask and ink the speech bubbles. 
Sweet Shoppe (Strawberries and Cream Paper, Gumball Paper, Licorice Whip Paper, Jelly Bean Paper, Embellishment Bundle, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Chipboard Stickers), Pinwheel (Kite Strings Paper, Picnic Basket Paper, Jump Rope Paper, Cart Wheels Paper, Flip-Flops Paper, Chipboard Stickers), Destination (Atlas Paper, Port Paper, Chipboard Stickers)

How will you interpret the sketch?  
We'll pick one winner from all our challenge entries this month to win a Lily Bee prize package. Here's a few things to keep in mind:
- Your layout must use at 60% Lily Bee products.
- Post your layout to our Facebook Page or Flickr Gallery to be eligible for monthly challenge prize. 
- Title your post "4/9 Sketch Challenge" so we can find it easily and then leave a comment on this blog post letting us know you've entered.
- Deadline is April 30, 2013, Midnight CST
- One winner from all the challenges will be announced in next month's Kristen's News feature. 

The more you play, the better your chances of winning!

 

 

Focus On: Inspired by...

Hello everyone! Diane here, to welcome you to a new Focus on Monday! This week we will be focusing on things that we are inspired by!

One of my favorite places to find inspiration is on Pinterest! It is full of color combinations, patterns, graphics, design, and quotes that inspire me in everyday life, but even more in my scrapbooking. 

For today's post I decided to create a layout based on this poster I had pinned. 

::Image Source::

I was drawn to the clean graphic design, white space and enlarged photo in this poster. Here is how it inspired me.

I stuck with the design pretty closely. I moved the banner at the top, to the left, I replaced the flags with cut out speech bubbles from the new Pinwheel Collection and moved the element at the bottom center to the left for my title.

Supplies: Pinwheel Collection (Flip Flops-PWP311, Sprinklers-PWP307), Christmas Cheer Collection (Mrs. Claus-CCP274,Figgy Puddy-CCP271), Double Dutch Collection (Key LIme Pie-DDP117, Croquet-DDP178), Memorandum Collection (Grapefruit-MEP175, Memorandum Index Journaling Cards-MEJ138), Happily Lost Collection (Sun Soaked-HLP0090)

Using things created by a graphic expert is one of my favorite things to do when creating a layout. It gives me a solid design to start with and allows me to focus on the fun stuff...papers, embellishments and my story.

Where do you look for inspiration? Take a look around, inspiration is everywhere...your home, in stores and online. What are you inspired by today?

Check back in each day this week to see more inspiration projects.

Focus on Monday: Celebrating Four Years of Lily Bee!

Good morning, everyone! And welcome to a very special week here on the blog as Lily Bee celebrates its fourth birthday! All week long we'll be throwing a party with lots of inspiration, ideas, and prizes! The festivities officially kick off tomorrow, and today I'm here to share a little bit of early celebration with you.

Supplies: Autumn Spice (Nutmeg, Brown Sugar, All Spice); Persnickety(Finicky, Index Journal Cards, Mixed Cardstock Stickers, ABC Cardstock Stickers)

All of the design team's projects this week will focus on some sort of celebration, and I chose to make a layout using photos from my husband's birthday dinner last year. I do have more photos from this day to scrap, but I had Lily Bee's Persnickety and Autumn Spice collections out on my desk as I was looking for photos, and the blues, yellows, and warm tones of the papers worked perfectly with these photos of his celebratory meal.

 

Be sure to check back every day this week for more fun as Lily Bee celebrates four inspiring years!

Challenge Tuesday : Scrapping The Everyday

Good morning, Lily Bee fans! Meilssa here with a layout and a scrapping challenge for you today!

All week the design team is focusing on scrapbooking daily routines here on the blog, but "routine" doesn't have to just mean certain things done at certain times or on certain days- it can also be something that's a routine occurence around your home. 

Supplies: Persnickety (Finicky, Huffy, Ritzy, Index Journal Cards); Christmas Cheer (6x6 Tiny Tablet, ABC Cardstock Stickers)

As I was flipping through my photo library, I found these two photos of my husband reading in our living room with one of the cats sitting nearby (or on him- and this is the guy who says he doesn't like cats- ha!). These pictures were taken only four days apart, and I probably have a dozen more similar to them on my computer- this is something that happens all the time at our house!

There are lots of other daily occurences like this that I could scrapbook- my husband's daily cups of coffee and tea, going for a run through the neighborhood, taking a trip to the gym- so many things that we do on an almost daily basis and might not even think about, but things that still may change over the years (for instance, our kitty in the top photo has since passed away). Documenting these things in your scrapbook is a great way to capture snippets of daily life that will be fun to look back in in the years to come.

Can you guess what my challenge is for you today? It's to scrap something from your everyday life! You can do this on a layout, in a mini book, or even on a Project Life layout- it's up to you!

There are just a few rules to keep in mind for this challenge:

• Your layout must use at 60% Lily Bee products.
• Post your layout to our Facebook Page or Flickr Gallery to be eligible for monthly challenge prize.
• Title your post "February Everyday Challenge" so we can find it easily and then leave a comment on this blog post letting us know you've entered.
• Deadline is February 28, 2013, Midnight CST
• One winner from all the challenges will be announced Friday, March 1, 2013. The more you play, the better your chances of winning!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Thursday Free for All - Love

Good morning! Nicole here today to share with you a page all about Love on this Valentine's Day!

I really wanted to use a lot of my old Lily Bee favorite papers, along with some of my new favorites to create this page of my daughter:

 Supplies used:Sw eet Shoppe (6x6 tiny tablet, Chipboard stickers); Destination (6x6 tiny tablet); Persnickety (6x6 tiny tablet, Fussy, journal cards); Autumn Spice (6x6 tiny tablet, Nutmeg, clear stamps); Christmas Cheer (6x6 tiny tablet, ABC mini stickers); Pinwheel (Chipboard stickers); Handmade (Patchwork)

I used the deep woodgrain paper from the Autumn Spice collection as my background, along with a scrap of my Handmade collection. I then cut a few fun circle shapes with my Cameo and backed them with some cute patterns from the Sweet Shoppe, Destination 6x6 tiny tablets:

The bokeh papers in the Sweet Shoppe collection are some of my new faves!!!

I added in a paper from the Christmas Cheer collection by punching out the numbers and leaving the negative space behind and layered some scraps of my favorite papers in behind them:

I  hope you like some of my new favorites along some old ones too!

If you LOVE the Cameo cuts I made for this page - you can download there HERE for free!

Happy Valentine's Day! 

xoxo

 

 

Handmade Love

Hi all!  Andrea and I will be sharing some cards with you that are sure to brighten the day of someone you love!  

First, these adorable creations by Andrea.  I am consistently blown away with her one of a kind ideas and designs.  Get ready to swoon!

Let's look at each one!  I love the unique shape and the stunning banner on this uber cute card!

Supplies:  Persnickety (clear stamps, Huffy - paper, ABC cardstock stickers), Double Dutch (bags of bits), Autumn Spice (Brown Sugar - paper, clear stamps)

Andrea says: Valentine's Day, in our house, is all about the handmade. These cards are handmade from the hand cut shaped card to the embellishments that top them. To create a shaped card, begin with a folded piece of cardstock.  Draw or begin cutting the shape you want to create, making sure that you leave part of the folded edge intact.  Cut paper/cardstock for the front of the card and stamp, embellish and build your card in your creative way. 

Here is a second card that is sure to bring cheer to anyone! 

Supplies: Persnickety (Huffy - paper, Picky - paper, Snooty - paper, ABC cardstock stickers), Victoria Park (Raspberry - paper, bag of bits), Christmas Cheer (Figgy Pudding - paper), Double Dutch (Marmalade - paper)

Super cute!

I decided to make two very different cards that incorporate the same major design elements, the word "today", index journal cards and hearts.  It is cool to see how dramatically the same ideas look when you dress them differently.

First, I made this monochromatic card using mostly pinks.

Supplies:  Persnickety:  (Paper:  Fussy, 6X6 Tiny Tablet, Index Journal Card, Mixed Cardstock sticker)

I simply clustered the Today sticker, circle sticker and punched hearts over an index journal card.  Easy, yet sweet and feminine.

For my second take, I went with the primary colors featured in Pinwheel along with the fabulous heart bokeh paper from Destinations.

Supplies:  Pinwheel (Paper:  Cherry Blossom, Apricot Tree, Flip Flops; Chit Chat Stickers; Circle and Tags sticker), Destinations  (Paper:  Bon Voyage); Persnickety (Index Journal Card)

This card is the polar opposite of soft with its bright oranges and reds.  I again incorporated a piece of an index journal card, this time placing it along the top.  I like the unique scallop it give at the bottom of it.  I then layered several stickers and chipboard pieces to convey my sentiments.

Grab your Lily Bee goodies and start creating.  Handmade cards are sure to bring joy to others!

Designer's Choice | Sketch Challenge

Good Morning!

Leslie and I (Melissa M.) are here today to share a new Designer's Sketch Challenge with you! Since the theme of the week is L-O-V-E, the sketch has lots o' hearts on it! However, feel free to interpret those with whatever shape you like! Stars, circles, asterisks...the sky is the limit!

Here is the sketch for this week:

Here is Leslie's gorgeous take on this sketch and here is what she has to say about i!

I decided to take the heart elements from the sketch and make them a “waterfall” per se, to bounce off bold feel of the title (cut from my Silhouette Cameo). I then added a few extra hearts (all of them are also cut from with my Silhouette Cameo) to the top right of my project for balance.

Lily Bee Supplies: Persnickity (Prim Paper, 6x6 Paper Pad, Index Journaling Cards)

Christmas Cheer (Frosty Paper)

 

And here is my take on it. 

Lily Bee Supplies: Persnickety (Fussy, Prim), Christmas Cheer (Frosty, Peppermint), Autumn Spice (Clear Stamps). 

And here are the rules for following along with the sketch challenge!

We'll pick one winner from all our challenge entries this month to win a Lily Bee prize package. Here's a few things to keep in mind:
- Your layout must use at 60% Lily Bee products.
- Post your layout to our Facebook Page or Flickr Gallery to be eligible for monthly challenge prize.
- Title your post "Designer's Choice | Sketch Challenge" so we can find it easily and then leave a comment on this blog post letting us know you've entered.
- Deadline is February 28, 2013, Midnight CST
- One winner from all the challenges will be announced in next month's Kristen's News feature. 

The more you play, the better your chances of winning!

Thanks for joining us today!

Challenge Tuesday- Mixing the Old with the New

Good morning!

It's Becky Williams here with Nicole Nowosad today for another Challenge on Tuesday. 

To go along with our theme this week of mixing old and new products we have a fun challenge for you- create a project using at least 10 pieces of patterned paper mixing the old with the new. 

How does that sound? 

Nicole rose to the challenge beautifully!

Here is her layout:

Nicole said, "The new 6x6 tiny tablets make it really easy to get more than 10 papers on my page. I just cut each paper in half and used them as strips on my page, hiding the edges that lined up with photos, a journal card &/or a die cut tag. I love how all the new lines go together so easily and combine with the releases from last CHA as well!"

Here are some close-ups of her page:

Doesn't she do such gorgeous work? 

I really like how Nicole meshed the old and new collections together so well. 

 

Supplies:Sweet Shoppe (6x6 tiny tablet, chipboard stickers), Destination (6x6 tiny tablet, chipboard stickers, embellishment bundle), Pinwheel (6x6 tiny tablet), Persnickety (6x6 tiny tablet, journal cards), Double Dutch (Lemonade), Christmast Cheer (Figgy Pudding, journal cards), Autumn Spice (clear stamps).

And now for my take on the challenge:

I also used strips of paper to add more variety to my page, only I did it on a smaller scale. I cut a piece of cardstock the same height as my photo and cut random widths of paper and adhered them to the cardstock. I added more patterns by using diecuts and smaller strips of paper at the top and bottom of the page. 

I cut the "I {heart} this" from one of the index journaling cards and layered a couple of the cards for my journaling. There are lots of ways that you can include 10+ pieces of patterned paper without adding a lot of extra bulk. 

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (Marshmellow), Persnickety (Finicky, Fussy, Index Journaling Cards), Pinwheel (Flip-Flops, Sprinklers, Ice Cream Truck), Buttercup (Queen Bee), Handmade (Thimble), Double-Dutch (Marmalade), Lovely (Whimsy), Christmas Cheer (ABC Stickers). 

We'd love it if you could join in our challenge. 

All you have to do is create a project using 10 or more pieces of patterned paper mixing different Lily Bee collections and add your project to our Flickr photo gallery by clicking on the Flickr link to the right.

We'll pick one winner from all our challenge entries this month to win a Lily Bee prize package.  Here's a few things to keep in mind:

• Your layout must use at 60% Lily Bee products.
• Post your layout to our Facebook Page or Flickr Gallery to be eligible for monthly challenge prize.
• Title your post "February Mix it Up Challenge" so we can find it easily and then leave a comment on this blog post letting us know you've entered.
• Deadline is February 28, 2013, Midnight CST
• One winner from all the challenges will be announced Friday, March 1, 2013. The more you play, the better your chances of winning!

 

Have a great day and happy scrapping!

 

It's All About Love!

Hi everyone! Leslie here today with a big question. Are you ready for Valentine's day?
Love is definitely in the air! It's already displayed in stores & is all around.
To celebrate, we're sharing a whole lotta love here all week on the Lily Bee Design blog.

Today Nicole and I are sharing a couple of "love" layouts with all of you.

Nicole is up first with a layout of love about her oldest son:

Here's what she has to say about her beautiful layout:
 

"Along with some of my favorite photos of my oldest son, I wanted to use
some of my new and old Lilybee favorite products! I misted the Stationary paper
with some scraps from a Cameo cut and then let Pinwheel be my guide! I added in
a Lily Bee journaling card and some of those always perfect mini ABC stickers. I
couldn’t resist adding in a couple small piecharts from the 6x6 tiny tablet
too!"

Supplies:  Stationary (Slushie), Pinwheel (Picnic basket, Ice cream truck, Embellishment
bundle, 6x6 tiny tablet), Handmade (Bag of bits, Mini ABC stickers)

and here's my layout about my sweet girl:


Supplies:  Pinwheel (Cherry Blossom Paper, Ice Cream Truck Paper), Autumn Spice (Vanilla Paper),
Christmas Cheer (North Pole Paper, Frosty Paper, ABC Stickers), Persnickity (Prim Paper, Fussy Paper, Picky Paper, Index Journaling Cards, Mixed Stickers, ABC Stickers, 6x6 Tiny Tablet)

to recreate the heart in the center, simply fold a 12x12 sheet of cardstock in half & cut in a
half heart shape. Open the fold to your heart. Then take strips of different patterned papers
and place diagonally (the strips don't have to be perfect sizes. I cut some thinner than others.)
on your heart, then trim the edges.

By making my photo stand out more - I turned it black and white and placed on the right side
of my heart by using 3D adhesive.  I wanted it to have a little more dimension.

I also used the letter stickers as part of my journaling along the left side of my heart

It's been a pleasure sharing with you today.
I hope you have fun creating your very own treasures of love.
Thanks for stopping by today!

 

 

Cards on Wednesday - Full of Love

Do you have Valentine's Day on your mind?  There is something about a craft table spilling over with pink and red this time of year that put a smile on my face.  Today Leslie and I are sharing a few cards that embrace the theme of love.

First up, Leslie created two cards full of beautiful layers and a great way to use Lily Bee's cardstock stickers.

To create the heart embellishment she stacked punched hearts, folding and gluing each one down the center. Once they dried, she fanned them out to add dimension. Using the same color, yet different patterns, really sets off the effect.

Supplies: Persnickity (Index Journaling Cards, ABC Stickers), Christmas Cheer (Frosty Paper, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Mixed Stickers, ABC Stickers)

 

Leslie's second card is just as amazing.  She loves hearts and finds ways to use them. For these “love” cards, she wanted to use hearts and colors you wouldn’t always see on a “Valentine” card.  So from little to big, red to multi-colored she incorporated hearts in such a creative way.

Supplies: Pinwheel (Cartwheels Paper, Lime Rickey Paper),  Persnickity (Clear Stamps, Index Journaling Cards, Mixed Stickers, 6x6 Tiny Tablet), Autumn Spice (ABC Stickers)

To create the heart shape on this card, simply freehand cut from paper and cover in strips of Lily Bee paper from a variety of collections.  As I was flipping through papers I pulled out paper that had pink in it.  Once the heart is stitched, I backed it with cardstock and hand cut a scallop border around it.  Inked the edges a bit to allow it to stand out and backed with foam adhesive.  Stamp a few pennants, hearts and doilies and assembled to create a banner using pink wire.

Supplies: Persnickety (Picky - paper, Fuzzy - paper, mixed cardstock stickers, clear stamps), Autumn Spice (clear stamps), Christmas Cheer (clear stamps), Victoria Park (Raspberry - paper)

This card also features hand cut elements in creating the flower stem, leaves and petals.  By cutting circle shapes in a variety of sizes, fold each petal four times, ink each crease light to bring out each fold and adhere layers using foam adhesive and/or craft glue.  Use the same technique to create the leaves. 

Supplies: Victoria Park (Raspberry - paper, bag of bits), Persnickety (clear stamps),Christmas Cheer (Figgy Pudding - paper, Mrs. Claus - paper)

Thank you for stopping in today!  Enjoy creating a little something special in the name of "LOVE" today.